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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

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Men’s Hockey: Lowell shocks Northeastern in semifinals

March 21, 2009

By Jared Shafran, News Staff After taking a two-goal lead in the second period of their Hockey East tournament semifinal game with UMass Lowell, the men's hockey team gave up a late goal in the third and eventually fell in overtime, 3-2. 'I think the team that won the game...

Baseball: Pesanello gives NU win in finale

March 21, 2009

By Nate Owen, News Staff Last year, James Madison put an end to any thoughts of the baseball team making the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament by taking two out of three games at Friedman Diamond to close the season. This weekend, the Dukes once again took two...

Men’s and Women’s Track: Home opener for Huskies

March 21, 2009

By Nathan Vaughan, News Staff Saturday the track team had its home opener '- the non-scoring Husky Spring Invitational '- at Solomon Track in Dedham. This was the second meet of the year for Northeastern. The men were successful in field events. In the pole vault they went...

March Madness: Book delves into the Madness

March 21, 2009

By Jared Sugerman, News Staff There is one weekend a year when the people having the best time in Las Vegas are those who rise the earliest. 'There are so many people here that you have to wake up at the crack of dawn to get a seat,' said communications studies associate professor...

Column: NU, Cornell share same style

March 21, 2009

Yesterday at Stetson West dining hall, students gathered with members of the men's hockey team to watch the NCAA tournament selection show on ESPN2. Based on the PairWise rankings, the mathematical formula used to determine seedings, geographic locations of schools selected to...

Breaking down the fest

March 18, 2009

By Danny Deza, News staff The South by Southwest (SXSW) musical festival kicked off yesterday in the heart of Austin, Texas, showcasing acts across more than 80 stages.' Here are three we're looking forward to '-' or at least looking forward to hearing about. Passion Pit ...

Britney brings her ‘circus’ to town

March 18, 2009

By Sean Leviashvili, News staff

Senior Spotlight: Orio starred on field and in classroom

March 18, 2009

By Nathan Vaughan, News Staff This is the first in the series of articles profiling the five top male and female senior athletes at Northeastern, culminating in the Huntington News male and female' Senior Athletes of the Year. Although Anthony Orio walked at the graduation...

Senior spotlight: Alvarez a ‘coach’s dream’

March 18, 2009

By Stephanie Daly, News Staff This is the first in the series of articles profiling the five top male and female senior athletes at Northeastern, culminating in the Huntington News male and female' Senior Athletes of the Year. Being named All-Colonial Athletic Association...

Baseball: Eagles slip by Huskies

March 18, 2009

By Nate Owen, News Staff The baseball team's home opener started much earlier than anyone expected, and with a 12-inning, 3-hour and 35-minute, marathon between Boston College and Northeastern, it probably came to a close much later than expected as well. Northeastern was originally...

Column: Fans needed the most now

March 18, 2009

It was a night of firsts and lasts for the Northeastern hockey team Sunday. With a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory over the Massachusetts Minutemen, the Huskies advanced to the Hockey East Semifinals for the first time since 1994. It is the first time Northeastern has won a home...

Player of the Week: Alex Tuckerman

March 18, 2009

The men's hockey team will be heading to the TD Banknorth Garden this Friday for the Hockey East semifinals thanks to the stick of freshman winger Alex Tuckerman. Tuckerman netted three goals on the weekend in the quarterfinals against UMass.' His first goal was an insurance...